Settling in at Cactus Country

There hasn't been much to write about since we arrived here at Cactus Country RV Resort.  We've been settling in and filling the larder, shopping, eating out at Montgomery's in Vail and trying to stay awake past 10PM.  

We have the motorhome all set up for our stay here with our tow bar, brake buddy and associated parts stored away for the next five months.  The wash job we got at the TTT didn't work out very well and now we have a wash and wax job scheduled for Monday.  $$$

Tuesday was coffee and donuts day and seeing some of our friends who have arrived early at the Park.  It was nice seeing them and catching up on what's been going on in their lives since last spring.  They had a lucky buck drawing, however we weren't the lucky winner.   We have won in the past, so we will continue to play when we go there.

We've been shopping for a new 42 inch tv and it seems that there aren't many of them being marketed.  The stores have the plus 46 inch tvs in numbers, but not as much for smaller ones.  We did find three tvs in the range we are interested in at a Sam's Club today and will most likely buy one on Friday.  Gerry can't get used to the 32 inch tv we have now and prefers a larger one.  It seems that "smart tvs" are the rage now and there are may choices for them.  Guess that is the way we will go' too.  It's hard to keep up with all the changes in electronics now since they change so fast.

On the way back today we ran into a huge traffic jam.  The police had a major avenue blocked and were routing vehicles into neighborhoods.  We saw a lot of Tucson that we haven't seen before winding our way around those neighborhoods.  The police had K-9 dogs out and also a helicopter flying overhead.  We never did find out what the problem was.

The weather forecast for Friday is for winds in the 30-45 mph range with gusts over 50 mph at times.  They are calling for possible dust storms north of  Tucson and also in the Wilcox area.  I am glad we aren't on the road in those areas.

Tucson has instituted a ticket writing campaign this year.  The following paragraph was taken from the KOLD TV broadcast.
 
"TPD instituted a mandatory minimum, or quota, back in March. Each officer on the street is now required to write at least one traffic ticket a day.
We wanted to know how effective that's been, so we got the numbers.
Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 27 last year, before the quota: TPD wrote almost 25,000 tickets.
In the same eight month time period this year, TPD wrote more than 46,000 tickets; that's an 89 percent increase."

Guess I will have to watch my speed while we are here this winter.  Actually, I drive the speed limit and have gotten dirty looks, one finger waves and everything else.  Tailgating is very common here in the afternoon and people become aggressive on their way home from work.

See, I told you there wasn't much going on around here.  At least we've had super weather with temps in the 80s during the day and cool at night.  Life is good.